Ashwatha Tree or Peepul
Tree or Arali Mara - King of Trees - Powerful tree
ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರ
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Ashwatha Tree
🍃 ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಗವಂತನು ಹಯಗ್ರೀಯ ರೂಪದಿಂದ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಈ ಮರವು ಉಳಿದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಮರಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಯೋಗ್ಯವೆಂದು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ .
🍃ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ ವೃಕ್ಷದ ಮಧ್ಯಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಷ್ಣು, ತುದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರುದ್ರ, ಮೂಲಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ದೇವರು ನೆಲೆಸಿರುವರು.
🍃 ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರದ ದರ್ಶನ ಪಾಪನಾಶಕ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ ಶ್ರೀಕಾರಕ , ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಆಯುಷ್ಯಕಾರಕ ಎಂದು ಪದ್ಮ ಪುರಾಣ ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ.
🍃 ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಈ ವೃಕ್ಷದ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ ನಿಷಿದ್ಧ ಶನಿವಾರದಂದು ಮಾತ್ರ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಧರ್ಮಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳು ವಿಧಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.
🍃ಸಂಧ್ಯಾಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತವಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು ಎಂದು ಪದ್ಮಪುರಾಣ ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ
🍃ಏಳು ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ 10,000 ಗೋದಾನ ಮಾಡಿದಷ್ಟು ಪುಣ್ಯ ಲಭಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವ ವೃಕ್ಷವು ಇಷ್ಟು ಪುಣ್ಯಪ್ರದವಲ್ಲ.
🍃 ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ ಮರವನ್ನು ನೆಟ್ಟರೆ ಮೂರು ಸಂಪಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಕ್ಕೆಗಿಡ, ಏಳು ಆಲದಮರ , ಎಂಟು ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಗಿಡ , ಮತ್ತು ನಿಂಬೆಮರ ನೆಟ್ಟಷ್ಟು ಫಲ.
🍃 ಜಲಾಶಯ , ನದಿ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರವನ್ನು ನೆಟ್ಟರೆ ಪಿತೃಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ತೃಪ್ತಿಯಿಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದರ ಎಲೆಗಳು ಪರ್ವಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದಾಗಲೆಲ್ಲಾ ಪಿಂಡ ಸಮಾನವಾಗಿ ಪಿತೃಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಕ್ಷಯಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಡುತ್ತದೆ.
Ashwatha Tree Leaves
Among trees, the Aswatha is the most important. In most of the places, an idol or murthy of Serpent God is consecrated below this tree. In Kerala and Tamil Nadu the family which plants the tree does sacred thread ceremony to the tree and then conducts its marriage with the Neem tree. Most of the Serpent Temples in Karnataka and over South India and Ganesha temples in Tamil Nadu are constructed below this tree.
Moola Mantra:
ಮೂಲತೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರೂಪಾಯ ಮಧ್ಯತೋ ವಿಷ್ಣುರೂಪಿಣೇ
ಅಗ್ರತಃ ಶಿವರೂಪಾಯ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ
Moolatho Brahma roopaya, madhyatho Vishnu roopine, Agratha Shiva roopaya Vruksha rajaya they namah||
मूलतो ब्रह्मरूपाय मध्यतो विष्णुरूपिणे।
अग्रतः शिवरूपाय अश्वत्थाय नमो नमः।।
5 Mantras associated with Ashwatha Tree or Vruksha
೧) ಮೂಲತೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರೂಪಾಯ ಮಧ್ಯತೋ ವಿಷ್ಣುರೂಪಿಣೇ |
ಅಗ್ರತೋ ರುದ್ರರೂಪಾಯ ವೃಕ್ಷರಾಜಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ ||
೨) ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ ಹುತಭುಕ್ ವ್ಯಾಸೋ ಗೋವಿಂದಸ್ಯ ಸದಾಶ್ರಯಃ |
ಅಶೇಷಂ ಹರ ಮೇ ಶೋಕಂ ವೃಕ್ಷರಾಜ ನಮೋಸ್ತುತೇ ||
೩) ಅಮಂಗಲಾನಾಂ ಶಮನೀಂ ಶಮನೀಂ ದುಷ್ಕ್ರತಸ್ಯ ಚ |
ದುಸ್ವಪ್ನನಾಶಿನೀಂ ಧನ್ಯಾಂ ಪ್ರಪದ್ಯೇಹಂ ಶಮೀಂ ಶುಭಾಮ್|
ಶಮಿ ಶಮಯ ಮೇ ಪಾಪಂ ಶಮಿ ಶತ್ರುವಿನಾಶಿನಿ |
ಅರ್ಜುನಸ್ಯ ಧನುರ್ಧಾರಿ ರಾಮಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಿಯದರ್ಶಿನಿ ||
೪) ದೇವಕಿಸುತಗೋವಿಂದ ದೇವದೇವ(ವಾಸುದೇವ) ಜಗತ್ಪತೇ |
ದೇಹಿ ಮೇ ತನಯಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ತ್ವಾಮಹಂ ಶರಣಂ ಗತಃ ||
೫) ಹಿಮವತ್ಯುತ್ತರೇ ಪಾರ್ಶ್ವೇ ಸುರಸಾ ನಾಮ ಯಕ್ಷಿಣೀ |
ತಸ್ಯಾಃ ಸ್ಮರಣ ಮಾತ್ರೇಣ ವಿಶಲ್ಯಾ ಗರ್ಬಿಣೀ ಭವೇತ್ ||
1) moolatO brahmaroopAya madhyatO viShNuroopiNE |
agratO rudraroopAya vRukSharAjAya tE namaH ||
2) ashwattha hutaBuk vyAsO gOviMdasya sadAshrayaH |
ashEShaM hara mE shOkaM vRukSharAja namOstutE ||
3) amaMgalAnAM shamanIM shamanIM duShkratasya cha |
duswapnanAshinIM dhanyAM prapadyEhaM shamIM shubhAm|
shami shamaya mE paapaM shami shatruvinaashini |
arjunasya dhanurdhaari rAmasya priyadarshini ||
4) dEvakisutagOviMda dEvadEva(vAsudEva) jagatpatE |
dEhi mE tanayaM kRuShNa tvAmahaM sharaNaM gataH ||
5) himavatyuttarE pArshvE surasA nAma yakShiNI |
tasyAH smaraNa mAtrENa vishalyA garbiNI bhavEt ||
Purport or Meaning of the Aswatha Mantra’s:
Moolatho Brahma roopaya, madhyatho Vishnu roopine, Agratha Shiva roopaya Vruksha rajaya they namah|| 1
My salutations to the king of trees.
Whose root is the form of Brahma,
Middle is the form of Lord Vishnu,
And top is the form of Lord Shiva.
Aswatha sarva papani satha janma arjithanicha, Nudhaswa mama vrakshendra, sarva aiswarya pradho bhava|| 2
The holy fig(banyan) tree pushes away, all sins earned,
In several hundred births, and Oh king of trees,
Please grant me all different types of wealth.
Ayurbalam yaso varcha, praja pasu vasooni cha, Brahma prajnam cha medham cha thwam nodehi Vanaspathe|| 3
Would you not give me, Oh product of the forest.
Long life, fame, splendour, children, cattle and riches,
As also knowledge of God and intellectual wisdom.
Sathatham varuno raksheth thwamarad vrushtirasrayedh, Parithasthwam nishevantham thrunani sukhamasthu they|| 4
You are always protected by Varuna as you are rain dependent,
And you do not allow any grass to grow in the shade round you.
Akshi spandham bhujaspandham duswapnam dhurvichinthanam, Sathroonam cha samuthanam hyaswastha samaya Prabho|| 5
Oh Lord Aswatha, please control pain in the eye,
Pain of hands, bad dreams, bad and evil thoughts,
And help me in destruction of my enemies.
Aswathaya varenyaya sarva aiswarya pradhayine, Namo duswapna nasaya, suswapna phala dhayine|| 6
Oh Aswatha who blesses us and grants all type of wealth,
My salutations to you, who destroys bad dreams and grants good dreams.
Yaam drushtwa muchythe rogai, Sprushtwa papapai pramuchyathe, Yad ashrayath chiran jeevi, Tham Aswatham namamyaham|| 7
I salute that Aswatha,
Seeing which diseases flee,
Touching which sins are destroyed,
And surrendering to which,
You get long healthy life.
Aswatha sumaha bhaga, subhaga, Priya Darshana Ishta kamam cha may dehi shatrubhyascha parabhavam|| 8
Oh great Lord Aswatha, who is pretty and looks pretty,
Please fulfill all my desires and give disappointment to my enemies.
Aayu prajam dhanam dhanyam soubhagyam sarva sampadam, Dehi deva maha Vruksha, thwam aham saranam gatha|| 9
I surrender fully to you and,
So be pleased to give, oh great tree,
Long life, sons, wealth, cereals,
Great luck all types of wealth.
Rig yajur sama manthrathma, sarva roopi, parathpara, Aswatho Veda moolo asou rishibhi prochyathe sada|| 10
Great sages go in search of Aswatha,
As it is the soul of Rig, Yajur and sama Vedas,
And takes all forms, greater than the greatest,
And is the root of all the three Vedas.
Brahmaha guruha chaiva daridhro vyadhi peeditha, Aavarthya laksha sankhyam tham sthothram yedath sukhee bhavth|| 11
If this prayer is repeated one hundred thousand times,
Even those cursed by Brahma or the teacher,
And those who are poor and diseased,
Would get cured of all ills and lead a pleasant life.
Vyaktha avyaktha swaroopaya, srushti sthithyantha karine, Adhi madhyanth soonyaya vishtarasravase nama|| 12
Salutations to the very stable one,
Who has clear and unclear forms,
Who creates, looks after and destroys,
And who does not have beginning, middle and end.
Ravim rava vadharaogye, Shivam some Shivaya cha, Shakthim bhoume jayarthi cha, Vanijyarthi budhe sarana|| 13
Gurou gurum cha Vidhyarthi, Dhanarthi bhargave sriyam, Sarva dukha vimoksharthee, Sarvesam mandha vasare|| 14
Sarvada sarva devam scha, Viseshanmada somayo, Aswatha roopino deva, Vruksha rajo prapoojayeth|| 15
Go round on Sundays and worshiping Sun to get heath,
Go round on Mondays and worshiping Shiva to get pleasant life,
Go round on Tuesdays and worshiping Parvathi to get victory
Go round on Wednesdays and worshiping Devas, to get luck in business,
Go round on Thursdays and Worshiping Guru to get good knowledge
Go round on Fridays and worshiping Goddess Lakshmi to get wealth
Go round on Saturdays and worshiping the greatest god to get rid of all sorrow.
Always all gods especially Saturn and the moon
Worship the God in the form of Aswatha
And offer prayers to this Lord of all trees.
-------- - Hari
Om --------
